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(f) Midwives.
The following are the midwives in the employment of
the County Council practising in the district:—
Buckhurst Hill : Miss G. D. Jones, 197, High Road, Buckhurst
Hill.
Chigwell: Miss F. E. R. Guise, 2, Puckeridge Cottages,
Vicarage Lane, Chigwell.
Loughton : Miss G. H. Quill, 36, York Hill, Loughton.
Application for admission to hospital for confinement
should be made to one of the Health Visitors or at an Antenatal
Clinic.
(g) and (h) Nursing in the Home and Home Helps:
The following district nurses are employed by District
Nursing Associations:—
Buckhurst Hill: Miss F. Botell, 126, Queen's Road, Buckhurst
Hill.
Chigwell: Miss F. E. R. Guise, 2, Puckeridge Cottages,
Vicarage Lane, Chigwell.
Loughton : Miss J. Gardner, 60, Algers Road, Loughton.
The County Council employs Home Helps, but the
demand for this form of assistance far outruns the supply
and no progress can be made until more suitable women are
available for this work. Application should be made to one
of the Health Visitors at an Ante-natal Clinic.
(i) Hospitals : No change.
Essex County Hospital, Wanstead.
St. Margaret's Hospital, Epping
Forest Hospital, Buckhurst Hill. Admission through the
Social Welfare Officer.
(j) Child Life Protection :
The County Council is the authority under Sec. 206 of
the Public Health Act, 1936.
Any person who undertakes for reward the nursing or
maintenance of a child under the age of nine years apart
from his parents, or having no parents, must give notice to
the Welfare Authority.
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